The leader of a union that represents Jeep workers in Toledo said Wednesday that he's confident that the city and state have put together a package that will convince Fiat Chrysler Automobiles against moving Jeep Wrangler production.

Miles White joined the likes of Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon on Tuesday as one of Barron's picks for the world's 30 best CEOs.
White, 60, has held the top job at North Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories since 1999. He is known for his bold...

DETROIT Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' labor costs for its U.S. workers are now on par with Toyota and Honda and about $10 less per hour than crosstown rivals General Motors and Ford, according to a report published Monday by the Center for Automotive...

DETROIT United Automobile Workers delegates attending a bargaining convention in Detroit made it clear Tuesday that they want the elimination of the two-tier wage structure as well as wage increases during this year's contract talks with General Motors,...

Attorney Jim Butler told a jury of 11 women and one man Tuesday that Chrysler should be held responsible for the death of a 4-year-old Georgia boy following the explosion of the Jeep Grand Cherokee after the vehicle was rear-ended.
Butler showed slides...

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DETROIT For the United Automobile Workers union, 2015 will be a year of managing great expectations borne out of a recovering economy after years of sacrifices during tougher times.
And negotiations will occur against a backdrop that includes the restoration of the right to strike by two automakers and right-to-work legislation in states including Michigan.
This year, the union built by Walter Reuther is renegotiating contracts with all three Detroit automakers along with the state of Michigan and...

The city of Toledo, Ohio, delivered its latest and best pitch for keeping production of the Jeep Wrangler to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on Friday.
City and state officials have been scrambling since late last year to find a way to make it cost effective for the automaker to expand and retool its assembly plant in Toledo to make the next-generation Wrangler.
The plant that currently builds the Wrangler has production constraints and could be more costly to retool the Toledo plant than other plants if...

DETROIT Former United Automobile Workers Vice President General Holiefield died around 7:25 p.m. Monday after battling pancreatic cancer for several months, according to his family.
He was 61.
"My husband is finally at peace," Monica Morgan-Holiefield, his wife and a well-known Detroit photographer, told the Free Press. "He has helped so many people, and made such a difference in this world. Right now there is a silence such that I have never heard before."
Holiefield retired from the UAW last June...

DETROIT In just a little over a year, Jeep will leapfrog from an iconic American product made only in the U.S. into a global brand assembled on four continents with a vastly larger manufacturing capacity.
A factory in Italy began making the new Jeep Renegade late last year, a factory in Brazil began making the Renegade earlier this year, and the automaker hopes to begin production of the Cherokee in China by the end of this year. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles also plans to begin reassembling the Jeeps in...

Top automakers are vowing not to give up on weak-selling electric vehicles — even as they unveil an array of powerful luxury cars with conventional engines aimed at a growing global market.
BMW AG CEO Norbert Reithofer said Tuesday at the Geneva International Motor Show that his company cannot do without battery-powered vehicles such as its i3 urban compact.
"In the future, electric drive vehicles will be in demand," he said, adding that the Munich-based automaker could not meet its targets to...

DETROIT Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne said Tuesday in Geneva that the automaker may sell more than 10 percent of Ferrari when it spins off the luxury sports car manufacturer later this year.
Marchionne said there is "excessive demand" for Ferrari shares for an initial public offering when he spoke to reporters at the Geneva auto show.
"In an ideal world, I would like to limit it to 10 percent because that is in line with what we announced," Marchionne said at an industry event. "If...